North West Regional Discussion 30 December 2020 onwards

[Frosty the Snowman]

Shame these showers are so patchy as allowing sun to thaw in between them, could be really significant accumulations if they get more organised. 

[Backtrack]

Showers forming a line here now. But it's the mildest time of day. Could fall as rain/sleet. Snow managing to hang on, gonna be icy tonight. Hoping the trough actually sparks off some showers later. Met Office aren't keen on that idea...

[SP1986]

1 hour ago, Weather-history said:

You can see snow even on the Great Orme from the Llandudno cafe  webcam and the snow over towards Penmaenmawr and surrounding hills

WebCam in Llandudno North Wales | West Shore Beach Cafe

WWW.WESTSHOREBEACHCAFE.COM

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This North Wales webcam shows views from the West Shore of Llandudno across to Penmaenmawr, Puffin Island, Angelesey and the south west of the Great Orme.

 

I guess it's just a case of wind direction and height in the case of the orme

[Chris.R]

Liverpool Airport always seems to be 2–3°C above surrounding areas I don’t know whether it’s the placement of the instruments or what but maximum here was 3.1°C and earlier it was just above 0 yet the airport was reading 3.

[SP1986]

49 minutes ago, Day 10 said:

Just back from a drive around the Wirral wanted to see the difference in a few miles.

Wallasey 3C concrete

Moreton 3C slushy

West Kirby 4C concrete

Caldy 2C slightly slushy

Thurstaston 2C concrete

Parts of Heswall 2C slushy

Thingwall 2C 1cm of snow cover

Prenton 2C 1cm of snow cover

Birkenhead 2C 1cm of snow cover

& then back home.

So basically even though the Wirral is small, living in those central areas makes all the difference.

Ive been in the river ward side of Heswall today where there isn't any snow like Thurstaston.  I imagine the inland part of Heswall had some remaining of course as it did this morning 

[Wardlegacy]

Graupel again. Seemed to pop up out of nowhere! I’ve been watching the radar and didn’t see this 

[severe snowstorm]

Heavy hail/graupel shower here. Nice cloudscapes, can see the hail shafts approaching.

[Frigid]

27 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

Liverpool Airport always seems to be 2–3°C above surrounding areas I don’t know whether it’s the placement of the instruments or what but maximum here was 3.1°C and earlier it was just above 0 yet the airport was reading 3.

Last week, Liverpool Airport was 45c above surrounding areas 

[shadowfax]

At last we’ve got a blob!! And beautiful snow falling!

[More Runs Needed]

Unfortunately that shower activity doesn't look too exciting

[Dan B]

It's clouding over here again now; temps at 2ºC so will see what comes of it...

 

[Chris.R]

4 minutes ago, Frigid said:

Last week, Liverpool Airport was 45c above surrounding areas 

Yep lol I was going to mention that again. Too close to a jet’s backside I think.

[northwestsnow]

Rubbish.

Next...

[Spah1]

Well in the end I managed to scrape together 3/4 cm and had another slightly muddy sledging day. 

[cheshire snow]

Another load of tosh looking at the meto text forecast Tomorrow Wintry showers spreading in from the north and persisting all through the night???

C.S

[Dan B]

METO just upgraded us here: 

Bamber Bridge (Lancashire) weather

WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK

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Bamber Bridge 7 day weather forecast including weather warnings, temperature, rain, wind, visibility, humidity and UV

 

[Dan B]

1 minute ago, Spah1 said:

Well in the end I managed to scrape together 3/4 cm and had another slightly muddy sledging day. 

 

Might be more to come yet  It's clouding over a lot here currently

[I Cumbria Marra I]

Why did them showers suddenly die in the irish sea?

[iand61]

12 minutes ago, shadowfax said:

At last we’ve got a blob!! And beautiful snow falling!

Yeah the lightest of snow flakes from the smallest of showers but at least we got something.

[Backtrack]

Had grauple and snow showers. No rain which is good. Can’t see where this trough is coming from? No forecasts mention organised showers moving through 

[Rain Lady]

Another spell of snow this afternnon.  Had thawed a bit by early afternoon, but whitened over again now.  Temp now 2.1C.

 

[Chris.R]

Well WRF it’s picking up on a small feature early hours Monday morning which could give some snow

[Chris.R]

500 mb temps are starting to warm now so shower activity will start to diminish. I think Trough has lost its identity

[Rain Lady]

Barn owl has just got up as the last snow shower was ending.  Some breaks in the clouds now.  Temp dropped now to 1.7C.

A bit of a dim picture.  Windows need cleaning!

Also managed to spot a snowman earlier, or was it a duck?

[Snow free zone]

Managed 3 or 4 decent snow showers here. Little or no cover anywhere here. Showers changed readily to a sleety mix after 1pm. 

 

Looking at the pictures posted earlier it looks as though Blackpool had a better covering than we did here. 

Edited January 23, 2021 by Snow free zone